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Wairarapa Coast · New Zealand

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Where to surf

Castlepoint1:00 PM–3:00 PM GMT+12

Strong wind — difficult conditions · Low confidence

5.4–5.8 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Strong wind: 13.2 kt · cross-shore

Cautions
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 29.4 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 28.8 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
  • Strong wind or gusts up to 28.0 kt can make the session difficult; being first in the list does not make conditions good.
Why this spot?
  • This is the best time in the forecast, though wind may make it choppy.

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Wairarapa Coast surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest next 4hWindTideHourly timeline
CastlepointS offshore model swell · 3.9 ft @ 6s
UnavailableStrong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidence1:00 PM–3:00 PMS 12.9 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

Wairarapa Coast

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Castlepoint

Unavailable

Offshore swell: S 3.9 ft @ 6s

Strong wind — difficult conditionsLow confidenceWhen to go1:00 PM–3:00 PM
WindS 12.9 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable13.3Unavailable
UUnavailable12.9Unavailable
UUnavailable13.2Unavailable
UUnavailable13.1Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 7–14 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–8 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 5–9.5 kt NW
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 10–18.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–19.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–9 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1–9.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

No current Castlepoint wave station response was verified. Tory East Head is about 163 km away across a different exposure and is not substituted.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but no spot-specific station, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

1 of 1 configured model points available
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